furthermore there are background checks and licensure for gund in most states already
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it doesnt have an effect and yet we want to make it a national inconvenience
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Replying to @ratman720 @DavidWAkin
Actually there's excellent evidence that it could reduce deaths enormously http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2815%2901026-0/abstract …
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Given the excellent evidence, why would you oppose a more robust licensing system?
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Replying to @GidMK @DavidWAkin
there is no evidence it works for anything but suicide rates. That does not warrant mass intervention.
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your excellent evidence isnt. Its an arbitrary subgrouping identifying a specific means of death
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its not tied to death in general or most of the modes of death.
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Replying to @ratman720 @DavidWAkin
Simply false unfortunately. The study uses all gun deaths, which are reduced significantly.
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Replying to @GidMK @DavidWAkin
ugh... no shit gun deaths will be reduced by gun control. But if knife deaths increase you gain nothing
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Replying to @ratman720 @DavidWAkin
Fortunately the overall rate of gun deaths in Australia has fallen and has not been replaced.
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In essence, lives have been saved by gun laws that make access to guns more difficult.
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Replying to @GidMK @DavidWAkin
suicices ill agree but not homicides. And violent crime did go up over the same period.
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